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So many books, so little time. – Frank Zappa

وحدهم محبى القراءة هم الذين لا يضايقهم الحجر الصحى، أذ يجدون فى القراءة الوطن و الصديق و الأنيس

" The Civil War swept away the slave civilization of the south, but it swept away almost the whole intellectual culture of the North along with it. It took nearly half a century for the United States to develop a culture to replace it, to find a set of ideas, and a way of thinking. that would help people cope with the conditions of modern life. that struggle is the subject of this book.

كل عام و أنتم بخير أصدقاء الجودريدزز أعاده الله عليكم بكل الخير و اليمن و البركات

"The price paid by ordinary iraqis for their material well-being under saddam's regime was the restriction of their political and intellectual liberties.. and the awful penalities suffered by those who disobeyed or dissented" "Saddam liked Stalin...."

خطط رضا شاه لتحديث ايران كانت فى جوهرها محاولة منه للسير على خطى تجربة كمال أتاتورك فى تركيا, مع تركيز على ضرورة فصل ايران عن ماضيها الاسلامى و العودة به الى خبرة الفرس القدامى, لكن بعد التطورات الدولية فى المنطقة خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية اضطر الشاه الى التنازل عن الحكم لابنهمحمد رضا شاه,,,قوبلت بمقاومة من جانب القوى التقليدية ( عملية الحداثة) ,,بتحالف المعارضة مع المؤسسة الدينية قامت ثورة 1979

"Yet civilizations and race are not identical. People of the same race can be deeply divided by civilizations, People of different races may be united by civilization,,,, A civilization is the broadest cutural identity"

"Bismarck,s goal was to give no other power any cause to join an alliance directed against Germany"